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The world’s first self-driving ship will sail next year. A Norwegian container ship, the Yara Birkeland, will be the world’s first electric, autonomous, zero-emissions ship. With a capacity of up to 150 shipping containers, the battery-powered ship is expected to mark the beginning of a transformation of the global shipping industry. The ship is small compared to modern standards […]

The US Energy Information Administration expects the US to become a net exporter of natural gas in 2017 for the first time since 1958. The prediction is based on declining pipeline imports from Canada, increased pipeline exports to Mexico, and greater liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports to Asia and Europe. By 2026, the EIA […]

Britain announced it will ban all new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040 amid fears that rising levels of nitrogen oxide pose a major risk to public health. This follows a similar recent announcement by France. The British ban will also include new hybrid vehicles with an electric motor and gasoline or diesel […]

US consulting firm AlixPartners says Chinese automakers are on track to produce 49 of the 103 new electric car models that will be launched globally by 2020. Chinese automakers account for 96% of the EVs sold in that country. Automakers sold about 330,000 electric vehicles in China in 2016 – or 1.4% of total light vehicle […]

Drivers in central London, UK will be able to charge electric and hybrid cars through lampposts as part of a unique pilot project in Westminster. (see photo above) The idea comes from ubitricity which has developed charging points to fit inside ordinary streetlights. Additional lampposts are planned for Hounslow, Richmond, Kensington, Chelsea, and Barnes. […]

A recent report from the US Energy Information Administration on energy production shows that wind and solar, despite receiving tens of billions in government subsidies, provided only 3.2% of the country’s total energy in 2016. The EIA data revealed that fossil fuels, nuclear and hydro provided more than 90% of 2016 US energy production with rising […]

Many people in colder climates wonder about how an electric vehicle performs in winter, especially with the extra energy required to heat the vehicle as well as power through the snow and ice. Green Car Reports looked into this and has provided two articles on this topic: Driving electric cars in winter: tips from […]

German automaker Porsche CEO Oliver Blume expects half of its production to be electric vehicles by 2023. The Mission E will be Porsche’s first all-electric vehicle which is planned to enter production in 2019 with 20,000 units. This is 10% of the company’s current production. Porsche is preparing for a capacity of 60,000 EVs per year at its Zuffenhausen […]